New kind of star found!

From: "Laurence E" <bogholebottichelli@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:59:23 GMT

FYI... any comments/speculations?

Lollo

New Kind of Star Found

An international team of astronomers has discovered a new class of
stars--massively compressed old neutron stars that seem inactive but for
intermittent bursts of radio waves. Dubbing them rotating radio transients
(RRATs), the researchers note that their isolated outbursts last for as few
as two milliseconds and are separated by gaps as long as three hours.

more here
http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe5f11727360037f7617-fdfa157374670c7571147571-ff3310707762

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